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In James 2:15-16, the example of a "work" that James gives is: "If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?" So to give a...

I see no agreement in sight between you and I on this topic. Moving on... ;)

Romans 4:2 For if Abraham was justified (accounted as righteous) by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it (faith, not works) was accounted to him for righteousness. 4 Now to him who works, the wages are not...

The Greek word translated "Peter" is petros, meaning "pebble" or "small stone," while the word rendered "rock" is petra, meaning "big rock" or "huge boulder." Christ says He would build His church on the boulder, not on Peter the pebble. Christ is the rock (1 Corinthians 10:4) and is also the...

Amen! The seal of God is NOT the Sabbath. The Bible tells us clearly that the seal of God is the Holy Spirit, Who indwells believers. 2 Corinthians 1:21 - Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, 22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as...

This makes me so furious!!! :mad: (the extreme devastation from the coronavirus in general that may have been prevented) So where does America go from here? How high will the death toll rise before the spread of this virus finally starts to get under control? Will COVID-19 still be thriving...

When the Bible describes a person as "asleep" in relation to death (Luke 8:52; 1 Corinthians 15:6), it does not mean literal sleep, as if the spirit of the person is in a state of unconsciousness after physical death. Sleeping is just a way to describe death because a dead body appears to be...

Although God's rest on the seventh day (Genesis 2:3) did foreshadow a future Sabbath law, there is no Biblical record of the Sabbath before the children of Israel left the land of Egypt. Nowhere in Scripture is there any hint that Sabbath keeping was practiced from Adam to Moses. The word...

Someone sent me this video about Bill Gates and microchip vaccine implants to fight coronavirus. o_O

I saw on ABC World News last night that the US has surpassed China in confirmed cases of the coronavirus. They are calling a hospital in Queens New York the epicenter for the virus. 13 deaths in 24 hours at that hospital. So many deaths altogether there that they had to bring in a refrigerated...

Did the coronavirus originate in China? How did it originate? How did it spread so fast around the world? Is this germ warfare that got out of control? I keep hearing multiple theories. The more I hear about deaths surging and the devastation this virus has had on the economy, the more furious I...

Typical straw man argument. Since the old covenant has been made obsolete (Hebrews 8:13), does this leave us with no moral direction? Absolutely not. God made obsolete the old covenant to legally put into place the new covenant (2 Corinthians 3:6-9; Hebrews 8:6-13). The life of discipleship...

Good question. Sabbath keeping (with all it's rules and regulations) was part of a covenant with Israel (Exodus 16:23, 29; 31:12-18; 35:1-3; Leviticus 19:30; 23:2-3, 32; Numbers 15:32-36; 28:1-10; 29:39-40; I Chronicles. 23:30-31; II Chronicles 31:2-4; Isaiah 1:13; Amos 8:5; Nehemiah 10:31) that...

Amen! James is discussing the proof/evidence of faith (says-claims to have faith but has no works/I will show you my faith by my works - James 2:14-18) and not the initial act of being accounted as righteous with God (Romans 4:2-3). Works bear out the justification that already came through...

1 John 4:19 - We love Him because He first loved us. Romans 5:5 - Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Those with true faith have love and faith works through love. (Galatians 5:6) If we have faith...

Leadership in the US seem to be in a Catch 22. The harder they push for shutting down of businesses, the more lives they save, at the cost of the US economy, which will also have a ripple effect worldwide. But if they loosen up on the restrictions in order to help save the economy, then they...

I had previously read an article in USNEWS: Why the Flu Is Still a Bigger Threat to Americans Than Coronavirus. While concerns about the coronavirus are growing, experts warn people not to forget a deadlier virus: the flu. More than 8,000 people in the U.S. have died from the flu this season...

The word "sleep" when referring to death, refers to the physical death of believers, not spiritual death or being spiritually unconscience (John 11:11-12; Acts 7:60; 1 Corinthians 15:6,18,20,51; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-15; 2 Peter 3:4).

There are three tenses to salvation: 1. We have been saved from the PENALTY of sin (justification) 2. We are being saved from the POWER of sin (ongoing sanctification) 3. We will be saved from the PRESENCE of sin (glorification) This does not effect the security of our salvation. Romans 8:30 -...

2 Corinthians 4:3 - But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.